Floral frame



Aug. 3 1926.

H; LA M. BIRUM, SR

FLORAL FRAME Filed June 4. 1925 S m a Q 1 INVENTOR W0 BY ATTORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Aug. 3, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT LAMONT BIRUM, SR.

, OF GREAT FALLS, MONTANA.

FLORAL FRAME.

Application filed June 4, 1925.

In the ordinary manner of constructing floral funeral designs, wire forms are employed shaped to represent different articles or emblems. The florist fills these frames with damp moss which is securely tied in the wire frame by strings. The flowers are stemmed on tooth picks and stuck in the moss which holds each flower in place, and thus the entire front side of the perimeter of the frame is covered. This is a very crude and expensive way of making these designs, since the filling of the wire frames must be done by hand. It may therefore be considered the object of this invention to simplify and improve the existing art by producing a bed or foundation which comprises a fabric casing having a fibrous filler which is packed therein by a suitable machine, the said casing being thereafter shaped to conform to the shape of the design desired.

To the attainment of the above stated object, the improvement resides in the construction, combination and association of parts such as is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and form part of this application.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of the bed or foundation for a circular floral design.

Figure 2 is an elevation of the bed or foundation for a circular floral design.

Figure 3 is a plan view of another form of bed or foundation,

Figure 4 is a sectional view approximately on the line 44 of Figure 3.

Figure 5 is a sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

As shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, I make use of the ordinary easel 1 commonly employed as a support for floral funeral designs. When a circular design is required, the easel has secured on the front or legs thereof a round wire member 2.

In carrying out my invention I make use of a fabric casing 3. The casing may be in therein and effectively held in the packed Serial N0. 34,955.

the nature of a tube or may be of a flat substantially rectangular design, as disclosed in Figures 3, 4 and 5 of the drawings. The casing is preferably of cheesecloth or similar loosely woven material. The casing may be reinforced by wire stitchings 4 which materially strengthens the same. However, the stitching is not applied until after the casing 3 has been packed with a fibrous filler 5. One end of the casing is sealed and the other end open. The open end is arranged opposite a suitable machine having a plunger therein for forcing the filler in the casing and for effectively packing the same therein. The filler may be of moss. sawdust or any other desired fiber. The casing 3 isdyed green, and incident to the comparatively open weave thereof the tooth picks attached to the flowers may be readily inserted filler 5. Also the filled casing permits of the insertion of suitable staples 6 therein for attaching the ring or supporting ,portion of the easel 1 thereto.

The simplicity of the construction and the advantages thereof will, it is believed, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which this invention relates. it being noted that the casing may be variously shaped and may be constructed in any desired lengths and cut in shorter lengths to provide the required size for the 'design. The ends of the tubular casings are, of course, connected together.

Having thus described the invention, what 80 is claimed as new, is

A bed for foundation for floral funeral designs comprisin a fabric casing having a fibrous filler pac ed therein, with stitched reinforcements passing through the casing 85 and filler and supported by various shaped wire frames attached thereto.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HERBERT LAMONT BIRUM, SR. 

